Alfred Adler

Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870 - May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology.

Education and studies

Born in Rudolfsheim, Vienna, Austria and raised in Vienna, he was the third child of a Jewish grain merchant and his wife. He trained as a doctor at the University of Vienna Medical School and qualified in 1895. He soon became interested in psychology as it related to physical disorders, and met Sigmund Freud in 1902, with whom he formed the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society with Adler as a president.

Related Topics:
Rudolfsheim - Vienna - Austria - University of Vienna - 1895 - Sigmund Freud - Vienna Psychoanalytic Society

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